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CHAPTER 7: THE RELATIONSHIP OF The Scooter

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COLORS TO EACH OTHER

In the above diagram, the three primary colors occupy equal parts of the circle. They have the

number “1”, because “1” stands for “primary” in the case. This diagram also represents that the

three colors are of equal “tinctoral” strength. Tinctoral strength is a way of expressing the relative

concentration of a dye color. We will call this wheel the “primary color wheel”. If you make

the secondary colors from equal portions of the three primary colors, of equal tinctoral strength,

you get a color relationship that can be represented as this:

We will call the above wheel the

“SECONDARY COLOR WHEEL”

The color wheel is an extremely useful tool for learning the relationship of colors to each other. It

is also very useful for determining what colors to mix when re-dyeing carpet. When looking at the

Secondary Wheel, you will notice that the secondary colors have been placed between the primary

colors that they are made of.

Suppose you want to take Yellow to Violet. You find Violet on the wheel and you see that Red and Blue

make Violet. Yellow is not included. So you know that Yellow won’t go to Violet (this is not

unconditionally so, but usually so, as we will see later).

So, the Secondary Color Wheel can tell you what secondary colors are made of, and, in general,

what can and cannot be done with secondary colors.

An adaptation of the Secondary Color Wheel is the Color Triangle. The triangle does what the

Secondary Color Wheel does, and more. The triangle is also a useful tool in determining how to blend

“tertiary” colors as well as secondary ones (Tertiary colors are colors that are made from all three

primaries). It does this by showing the complimentary relationship of colors.

ORANGE

BLUE

YELLOW

RED

GREEN

VIOLET